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Award Victoria Institute, bronze
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | A robed allegorical female figure seated in three-quarter view, holding a laurel wreath aloft in her right hand and a globe in her left, with scrolling foliage and a heraldic shield in the lower field. The legends SCIENCE and ART flank the figure above, with VICTORIA INSTITUTE inscribed to the right. The maker's name ELKINGTON LONDON appears in the exergue. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field with raised rectangular cartouche bearing the engraved recipient name ALBERT J. PITCHER, flanked above and below by the inscriptions AWARDED TO and FOR SUCCESS IN ART 1897-8. The legend THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE arcs around the upper border and WORCESTER around the lower border, separated by laurel sprigs. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE AWARDED TO ALBERT J. PITCHER FOR SUCCESS IN ART 1897-8 WORCESTER |
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